Rami Zur (born February 3, 1977) is an American sprint canoer who has competed since the late 1990s for

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

and later for the

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. He competed for

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and for the United States at the

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and

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Olympics. In all competitions he was eliminated in the semifinals. He was born in

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and is Jewish on his biological mother's side; he was later adopted and raised by an Israeli Jewish couple. Zur is currently retired and coaches his wife Krisztina Fazekas Zur, who is an Olympic champion canoeist herself.

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* 1977 births American male canoeists Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Israeli male canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists of Israel Olympic canoeists of the United States Sportspeople from Berkeley, California Jewish American sportspeople Israeli Jews Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in canoeing Canoeists at the 2003 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games 21st-century American Jews {{Israel-canoe-bio-stub